MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
digital education technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Iraq to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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